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Antilochos

Sometimes spelled Antilochus. One of Odysseus' war buddies, who he talks to in the Underworld. When alive, he was a good friend of Achilleus. 


Little Aias

Sometimes spelled Ajax. A Greek who fought in the Trojan war, and also a total jerk who raped and killed a princess on Athene's altar. He's about to escape Athene's punishment, when he goes "wildly mad and tossed out a word of defiance; for he said that in despite of the gods he escaped the great gulf of the sea" (4.502-511). Poseidon immediately kills him. Moral? Don't defy the gods. 


Neoptolemos

Also known as Pyrrhus. Achilleus' son. Achilleus asks for him in the Underworld, and Odysseus responds with details of the boy's accomplishments in battles, etc., etc. A nice contrast to our whiny Telemachos.

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